Four Drug Traffickers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Import
and Distribute Marijuana

April 4, 2006: Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, R. Alexander Acosta, United
States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jesus Torres, Special
Agent in Charge, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
and Rear Admiral D. Brian Peterman, Commander - 7th Coast Guard District,
United States Coast Guard (USCG), announced that Victoria Marie Childs,
Gerald Jay Listokin and Le Vaugn Richardson pled guilty April 4, 2006
to 1 count of conspiracy to import marijuana into the United States,
in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 963 and 952(a)
and to 1 count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute
marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)
and 846. Co-defendant, Gail Zucker pled guilty to the same counts on
March 30, 2006.

According to evidence,
the USCG stopped the sailing vessel "Unity" 20
miles off the coast of Key West, Florida, with two persons on board -
Childs and Listokin. Aboard the Unity, USCG officers found six large
duffel bags containing 727 pounds of marijuana. Richardson traveled to
Key West to retrieve the marijuana, in order to deliver the drugs to
Zucker at her North Miami Beach, Florida home.

Each defendant faces a minimum mandatory term of 5 years imprisonment
and a maximum sentence of 40 years imprisonment, plus a fine of $2,000,000
on each count.

Mr. Acosta commended the investigative efforts of the DEA, ICE and USCG.